Sims-Lohman, One of Cincinnati’s Largest Private Companies, Announces
Nashville Acquisition

April 30, 2018 12:39 PM Eastern Daylight Time

CINCINNATI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cincinnati based Sims-Lohman, the nation’s largest provider of kitchen
cabinets and granite and quartz countertops to building professionals,
has acquired Werthan Granite in Nashville, Tennessee.

Sims-Lohman has 20 sales showroom locations across six states. They have
three regional distribution centers and now, five state-of-the-art
granite and quartz countertop manufacturing plants.

John Beiersdorfer, Sims-Lohman’s President, said, “We entered the
Tennessee markets of Nashville and Knoxville and the Huntsville, Alabama
market with our cabinet offerings in 2015 and have had tremendous
success in growing these southern markets at a 20+% pace each year
since. Werthan Granite provides our Southern Region a missing piece of
the puzzle with a first-class granite and quartz countertop fabrication
operation that can serve both our Tennessee and Alabama markets. In
addition, Werthan has a solid surface operation serving commercial
customers and a tile component. We are very excited to welcome Werthan’s
team members and customers to the Sims-Lohman family.”

Werthan has 44 employees and generated over $5 million in sales last
year.

About Sims-Lohman:

Sims-Lohman was the 90th largest private company in
Cincinnati in 2017 with $125 million in sales and 470 employees. They
were also the 50th fastest growing private Cincinnati company
in 2017 as well.

The Sims-Lohman advantage includes a broad product selection, faster
turnaround and a ‘one-stop’ approach for countertops and cabinets from
selection through installation. They fabricate more than 15,000 granite
countertops while providing the cabinetry for more than 40,000 new
kitchens annually.